China on Tuesday slammed the US Senate for moving to rename a stretch of road after a jailed dissident and Nobel laureate — potentially changing its Washington embassy’s address to 1 Liu Xiaobo Plaza.

Liu was a co-author of Charter 08, a bold petition calling for political reform in the Communist-ruled country, and was jailed for 11 years in 2009 for subversion. His Nobel award the following year outraged Beijing.

The Senate passed the measure — introduced by Republican senator Ted Cruz, currently vying to be his party’s presidential nominee — on Friday.